回憶農鄉風情
都市墓誌銘，之二

鄉下的呼喚讓他走了岔路
不知不覺漫遊越過薩南鑾
瞧他那凝視的面容和凝滯的眼神

劇情千篇一律
工業理想國度的最後一幕
上演著守護野花的最後一塊石頭也在粉碎

他不能返回綠油油的稻田
返回已有數千年歷史的滋養
他有個鄉村的幻景；流亡中的幻象：

    一個四處遊盪的年輕男孩
    正在尋覓魚隻或是兔子
    老虎還是野豬

    他的省鄉此時不過是
    荷花、稻米和尊嚴的
    一場夢

森林在傾塌，無一人聽見




Rural Memories
Urban Epitaph, Part Two

Hes gone astray from his provincial calling
Strolling nonchalantly across Sanam Luang
See the stare on his face and glaze in his eyes

Permanent features
From the final act of industrial utopia
Which crushed the last stone guarding wildflower

He cannot return to green rice fields
That nourished for thousands of years
He has a rural vision; a vision from exile:

    A young boy wandering
    Searching for fish or rabbits
    Tigers or boar

    His province is now but a dream
    Of lotus, rice
    And dignity

A forest falls but no one hears

Tom Radzienda: A Promise for Siam, 
Pentameter Press International: Thailand, 2002. 
ISBN: 974-88608-3-3

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